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Overview

User Rating:
5.2/10   3,968 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Tony Hendra (screenplay) and
Ron Shelton (screenplay)
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Release Date:
3 May 1996 (USA) more
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Tagline:
If you can't find the perfect contender....make one.
Plot:
When the champ's promoter, Rev. Sultan, decides something new is needed to boost the marketability of the boxing matches... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Funny, Boxing Insider type Movie more (23 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Samuel L. Jackson ... Rev. Fred Sultan

Jeff Goldblum ... Mitchell Kane

Peter Berg ... Terry Conklin

Corbin Bernsen ... Peter Prince

Jon Lovitz ... Sol

Cheech Marin ... Julio Escobar

John Rhys-Davies ... Johnny Windsor
Salli Richardson-Whitfield ... Bambi (as Salli Richardson)

Jamie Foxx ... Hassan El Ruk'n
Rocky Carroll ... Artemus St. John Saint

Albert Hall ... Roper's Manager
Susan Gibney ... Vivian
Michael Jace ... Marvin Shabazz
Duane Davis ... Palace Guard #1
Lamont Johnson ... Palace Guard #2
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Runtime:
91 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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The lion's head entrance to the MGM Grand featured in the movie has since been removed because many Chinese gamblers avoided the casino (or entered through the back entrance), due to the feng shui belief that entering the mouth of the lion was bad luck. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The length of Roper's cigarette just before the fight. more
Quotes:
Sol: I can't make caviar out of fish eggs! more
Movie Connections:
Features Dolemite (1975) more
Soundtrack:
Bring The Pain more

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3 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
Funny, Boxing Insider type Movie, 25 November 2003
6/10
Author: lambiepie-2 from Los Angeles, CA

First of all, this movie is funny. Even if you're not an insider to the world of boxing, this film makes many references you'll recognize and goes over the top with it and with some of the flamboyant people who have graced the sport.

Then there is the whole idea of finding a white boxer, besides the obligatory "Rocky" that is, that people can get behind to breathe new life into the sport.

Here you have every stereotype of that world thrown in from the promoters to the media personnel who made boxing what it is today -- Hype.

Here is a promoter who is keeping his client from fighting the one guy who can actually beat him (hence ruin their meal tickets), to come up with someone else to make Hype and recover funds he already spent that he can't pay the boxing champ. That among other things. Samuel L. Jackson is fun to watch as is Jeff Goldblum and Jamie Fox and Damon Wayons as the over-hyped champ. Rounding this out is the usual bottom feeders played well by Jon Lovitz and Corbin Bernsen. This movie can be uneven at times, but overall its entertainment, and a sarcastic view into the boxing promotion world like no other. Two stars out of four.

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